Tens of thousands of residents in northwest Indiana are without electricity for a ninth consecutive day, describing conditions as a “survival mode.” Many throw out spoiled food, line up for hot meals, and look for places to charge phones as outages continue into a second week.
A deadly storm knocked down trees and power lines, disrupting power across the region. NPR reports that schools stay closed and that some businesses cannot reopen as restoration efforts continue. The Washington Times similarly focuses on the immediate impacts on daily life, highlighting residents’ efforts to manage without power during the prolonged outage.
Across outlets, the shared picture is that outages persist despite ongoing recovery work, with major disruptions to school operations and normal commercial activity.
